WorksheetsThe Age of Exploration
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 33mins
What were early explorers most interested in finding?
Why is the Western Hemisphere referred to as the New World.
It was created after the Eastern Hemisphere
The ideas of the Westerners were new to the Eastern Hemisphere
The Eastern Hemisphere did not even know this existed before the Age of Exploration
The Western Hemisphere was a new opportunity for many.
The country that launched the Age of Discovery was:
Spain
England
Portugal
France
Who were the "conquistadors?"
catholic missionaries
Spanish explorer/conquerors
Aztec rulers
French adventurers
Christopher Columbus mistakenly believed he had discovered:
North America
a western route to Asia
an ancient civilization
Cuba and Hispaniola
What was one impact of European exploration on Native American Indians?
European farming techniques were quickly adopted
Many Native American Indians were resettled throughout Europe
Conflicts between native American Indian tribes ended
Diseases brought by Europeans caused large numbers of deaths
An instrument used by sailors to to find latitude.
Motivation
Astrolabe
Colony
Caravel
How did Vasco da Gama impact exploration?
He was the first European to discover the Americas
He traded spices through a land route with Asia
He found a route by sea around Africa to India where they could obtain spices.
He discovered Greenland
Christopher Columbus, though Italian, sailed on behalf of Spain.
TRUE
FALSE
Vasco De Gama
Sleek & fast ships that could carry large loads long distances
boundary between
Spanish and Portuguese territories in the New
World
Line of Demarcation
What country got lands east of the Line of Demarcation?
Spain
France
Portugal
England
What was the most devastating disease in the New World?
Small pox
Measles
Mumps
Influenza
Where did horses come from?
New World
Old World
Where did potatoes come from?
New World
Old World
Where did sugar come from?
New World
Old World
Where did corn come from?
New World
Old World
Where did tomatoes come from?
New World
Old World
Which group of people were brought to the New World as laborers to replace dying Native Americans.
Serfs from Russia
Enslaved people from West African
Peasants from China
None of the above
Which is not part of the Old World?
Africa
Asia
Europe
North & South America
Prince Henry is remembered for the school he created to teach navigation and mapmaking. In which country was this school located in?
Spain
England
France
Portugal
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The movement of people, animals, plants and diseases between the Old World and New World
The exchange of clothes and languages
Christopher Columbus's voyage
The movement of people, animals, plants and diseases between the East World and West World
